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Downs down, but not out

DETROIT — Scott Downs wasn’t using crutches and he had to be talked into wearing a protective boot for his sprained right ankle. Downs is also trying to avoid going on the disabled list for the Blue Jays.

Toronto is going to hold off on putting the left-handed setup man on the DL for a few days, because being without Downs for five days is a whole lot better than being without him for two weeks. It’s unlikely he’ll be able to pitch in Boston this weekend, so a decision about DLing him might not come until Tuesday, following an off-day on Monday.

Then again, it could come sooner. We’ll just have to wait and see. Downs felt a pop in his ankle after rolling it during the ninth inning on Wednesday night, but there was only a little swelling. He wasn’t walking with a limp on Thursday and is keeping his fingers crossed that he’ll be able to come back swiftly.

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Wow, no one commented today ? I didn’t watch all of the game because I was at work but just going by the line Litsch pitched really well. 7 innings and no earned runs is fantastic against any team; you have to be pleased with that.

Gsumner the reason I have been inactive on the blog is my wife fell anbd broke her arm at the shoulder and between the shoulder and the elbow they were bad breaks so I was at the hospital every day but she came home last night and now I am back.

Does anyone know how many free agents we have at the end of the year? If they walk (like Burnett will likely do), I am wondering how many picks we are likely to have in the first couple of rounds of the draft. Also, those cuban pitchers that left their team in edmonton. Are they seeking asylumn in Canada? Can the jays sign them to minor league contracts?

Burt
We should get 2 for Burnett, 1 each for Wilkerson, Mench, Eckstein and Zaun, assuming they all sign somewhere else.
Of course, we do have some elivers coming upfor contract, but my assumption is we’d probably keep them.

Burt
Of course, theJays could sign the Cubans, BUT the real issue-I believe, is obtaining visa’s for them to play in the US-that might take some time.
We do have one former Cuban national in our system now, Kenny Rodriguez who started with us this year at Dunedin. He got off to a great start, was moved up to AA New Hampshire where he floundered and is now back in Dunedin.
What we also have is a few kids from the Dominican Republic, Panama and Venezuela in Auburn, Lansing and GCL Jays, whom I think were graduatesfrom the DSL Jays of 2007-which is great to see.
We also have a number of Canadian kids coming up.Themost noticable one is Johnathon Baksh in Lansing who’hitting .341. He struggles against lefties, but ifhe can get that figured out might be a good one

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